Posted on 04/29/2009 4:45:32 PM PDT by Harley
Montana is trying to trigger a battle over gun control - and perhaps make a larger point about what many folks in this ruggedly independent state regard as a meddlesome federal government.
In a bill passed by the Legislature earlier this month, the state is asserting that guns manufactured in Montana and sold in Montana to people who intend to keep their weapons in Montana are exempt from federal gun registration, background check and dealer-licensing rules because no state lines are crossed.
(Excerpt) Read more at billingsgazette.net ...
I’ll parse your arse! maybe. I better look up what “parse” means first.
I use the cell phone WHILE RIDING MY HARLEY. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
>I use the cell phone WHILE RIDING MY HARLEY. So stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
As long as I have the right, should you try to run me down, to shoot at you then go ahead.
>I’ll parse your arse! maybe. I better look up what “parse” means first.
LOL - That’s funny.
Parse:
1. to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
2. to describe (a word in a sentence) grammatically, identifying the part of speech, inflectional form, syntactic function, etc.
3. Computers. to analyze (a string of characters) in order to associate groups of characters with the syntactic units of the underlying grammar.
Without the interstate commerce clause giving the nanny state the fig leaf that enables it to rule from D. C., the federal government could not dictate gun control in the states. The Tenth Amendment was written for just such a situation.
Montana is close to the top of this list because of the huge Indian reservations in the state. This is probably the same reason why New Mexico is up there, too.
aw, wassa matta, girly man? You afraid a big scary harley will run over your SUV?
bump
Does Montana have a state income tax?
>aw, wassa matta, girly man?
What makes you think I’m a girly-man?
>You afraid a big scary harley will run over your SUV?
Actually, I drive a 1962 Chevy truck...
why do harleys scare you? They can’t hurt you inside your truck. I don’t think you’re a girly man. I just wanted to get your attention and rile you up a little.
If a harley rider is on a cell phone and bounces off your grill, or goes under your tires, what do you care?
>If a harley rider is on a cell phone and bounces off your grill, or goes under your tires, what do you care?
It’s not like I don’t walk... even a motor-cycle hitting a pedestrian isn’t going to end well.
>why do harleys scare you?
They don’t. It’s more an issue of cell-phone usage... if someone is about to run you down while talking on a cell-phone, I think that qualifies as assault and should be dealt with accordingly.
“I didn’t see him.” is a poor excuse when talking on the cell because the observational-powers of the driver are reduced thereby. The reduction in awareness is sometimes so great that, should any “accident” happen, the driver could/should be charged with criminal negligence.
“i didn’t see him” is a poor excuse when NOT talking on a cell phone.
I've got that covered (and a few to spare...) and it's just me and my wife and a big fuzzy cat!
Regards,
GtG
Unintended consequences can be a bitch.
When the Supreme court ruled (sorry I don't have the case) that a farmer who feeds his stock his own home grown feed corn is "effecting interstate commerce" and can therefore be regulated, then this provision has morphed into absolute power.
Let's hope the current Court can put the Federal Genie back into its bottle.
Income tax = yes
Sales tax = no
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